<p>Pedestrian struck</p><p>crossing U.S. 301</p><p>SARASOTA -- A pedestrian crossing U.S. 301 on Fruitville road was hit and seriously injured Friday night.</p><p>Police have not released the name of the pedestrian, who was airlifted to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg around 10:45 p.m., police said.</p><p>The car was traveling north on U.S. 301 when it hit the pedestrian, who was crossing that street on the north side of Fruitville Road.</p><p>The pedestrian was at fault and charges will be filed, police said.</p><p>Father survives</p><p>crash that kills son</p><p>VENICE -- A Nokomis man was seriously injured and his son was killed when his pickup truck left the road, overturned and ejected them Friday afternoon, the Florida Highway Patrol said.</p><p>Jackie R. Clark Jr., 44, was driving the truck north on Jacaranda Boulevard approaching U.S. 41 when it drifted to the left and the wheels fell off the road, the FHP said.</p><p>Clark's truck spun clockwise when he tried to steer back onto the road, and then spun counter-clockwise when he tried to correct that spin, the FHP said.</p><p>The truck then left the road onto the east shoulder of Jacaranda while sliding, and the truck overturned and ejected Clark and his 22-year-old son from Venice, Jackie R. Clark III.</p><p>Clark Jr. was airlifted to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg.</p><p>Neither man was wearing a seat belt.</p><p>The FHP has yet to determine if the crash was alcohol-related.</p><p>Victim uses his coffee</p><p>to prevent robbery</p><p>MANATEE COUNTY – A Vero Beach man splashed his hot coffee on two men who were attempting to rob him outside a convenience store early Saturday.</p><p>The 51-year-old man had just exited Circle K, in the 3000 block of 14th Street West in Bradenton, around 2 a.m. when two men accosted him, according to a Manatee Sheriff's report.</p><p>One man pointed a pistol at the victim and demanded money. But the men ran away empty-handed after they were doused with coffee, the report said.</p>